Keynote Panel: Power innovation – How is the industry adapting to the density challenge?

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), data centres are responsible for about 1.5%, or 415 Terawatt-Hours (TWh), of the world's total yearly electricity consumption. This has grown by 12% per year over the last 5 years and projections indicate that it is on course to more than double towards 945 TWh by 2030. 

• Do we need this level of scale – finding scalable power solutions and will innovations around efficiency help solve to solve the power crisis? 

• What is the solution for legacy assets and giga-campuses and are they different?   

• Energy will be the largest operating cost for an AI data centre, which energy sources are the most cost effective? 

• Is solar and wind with the combination of BESS innovation the future of data centre power or will solutions like SMRs and nuclear fusion fill the gaps. 

• How is the PPA market helping to secure power and will we see more joint ventures with energy providers taking over. 

• How can data centres contribute to the energy system, working with the grids and co-locating energy plans.